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| Country (sports) |  France |
|---|---|
| Residence | Valbonne, France |
| Born | (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (age 28) Libramont, Belgium |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2012 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Pierre Bouteyre (2010-Jun 2016) Georges Goven (Feb 2017-Sep 2017) Stéphane Huet (Sep 2017-Oct 2019) Emmanuel Planque (Dec 2019-Nov 2021) |
| Prize money | US$ 2,540,687 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 301–245 |
| Career titles | 2 WTA, 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 39 (8 March 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 376 (14 April 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2021) |
| French Open | 4R (2020) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2019,2021) |
| US Open | 3R (2019) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 30–59 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 257 (17 May 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 750 (14 April 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2020,2021) |
| French Open | 3R (2019) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2021) |
| US Open | 2R (2021) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2018,2024) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2021) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 0–2 |
Medal record | |
| Last updated on: 19 April 2025. | |
Fiona Ferro (born 12 March 1997) is a French-Belgian professionaltennis player.She has career-highWTA rankings of world No. 39 in singles, attained on 8 March 2021, and No. 257 in doubles, reached on 17 May 2021. Ferro has won two singles titles on theWTA Tour and six singles titles on theITF Circuit.
Ferro was born inLibramont, Belgium, to a Belgian mother, Catherine, and a French-Italian father, Fabrizio. Ferro's parents owned a restaurant in Belgium when she was born. The Ferros moved to southern France when Fiona was one year old. As of 2018, Fiona's parents were the owners of two hotels inValbonne, France. Fiona has two older brothers, Gianni and Paolo, and one younger brother, Flavio. Fiona started playing tennis when she was seven in her hometown of Valbonne.[1][2]
In 2022, Ferro pressed charges against former coachPierre Bouteyre for alleged rape and sexual assault that took place when she was aged between 15 and 18 years old.[3][needs update]
She is sponsored by Lacoste, Yonex and WellJob.
Ferro was the national girls' champion of France in the 12-13 year-old, 15-16 year-old and 17-18 year-old categories.[4] She had a career-highITF junior combined ranking of world No. 27, attained on 3 June 2013.[5]
Ferro made herITF Women's Circuit debut at the $25k indoor hardcourt tournament held in late January 2012 in Grenoble, France; she only entered that tournament's singles event, losing in the first qualifying round. She played (only in the singles events of) eight tournaments on the2012 ITF Circuit.[6]
She played (only in the singles events of) eleven tournaments on the2013 ITF Circuit. Her 2013 year-endWTA singles ranking was 557, compared to world No. 1062 on 11 February 2013.[6]
Ferro made her WTA Tour singles debut at the2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg; as awildcard, she lost in the first qualifying round toYuliya Beygelzimer.[6]
She made her Grand Slam singles debut at the2014 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, where she lost in the first round to the No. 16 seedSabine Lisicki.[6]
In June 2016, Ferro ended her player-coach collaboration withPierre Bouteyre. He had been her coach since 2010.[7]
Ferro then made herWTA 125 singles debut at theOpen de Limoges, after receiving a wildcard for the main draw wherein she lost in the first round to the unseededIvana Jorović.[6]
At the end of February, Ferro played her year-first and just her third careerWTA Tour singles main-draw match at theMexican Open, after defeating twohigher-ranked players (Samantha Crawford andTatjana Maria) in qualifying matches, losing in the first round to the No. 5 seedChristina McHale. In April, Ferro played her second and third Tour singles main-draw matches of 2017 inBogotá andIstanbul, respectively, after winning two qualifying matches in each tournament; she lost in the first round to seeded players (toJohanna Larsson in Bogotá andSorana Cîrstea in Istanbul) in both tournaments.[6][8]
At the end of 2017, Ferro packed up and moved to Paris to train at the Centre National d'Entraînement (CNE) to take advantage of the very good facilities there. Her tennis coach wasStéphane Huet and she also had a fitness coach and a mental coach that she shared with other players training at the CNE.[2]
On 11 February, Ferro won her firstITF singles title in Grenoble.[6] She had to win three qualifying matches to reach the singles main-draw of a WTA Tour event for the first time in 2018, at theInternational tournament inRabat, losing in the first round to another qualifier,Paula Badosa Gibert. Ferro also played inStrasbourg, where she had entered the singles main draw as a wildcard, losing in the first round to the sixth seedTímea Babos.[8]
Ferro received a singles main-draw wildcard for the French Open, just like she did in 2014, 2015 and 2017. She won the first Grand Slam singles main-draw match of her career and also picked up her first career win over a player ranked in thetop 100 at theFrench Open when she defeated world No. 61,Carina Witthöft, in the first round. She lost to the No. 3 seedGarbiñe Muguruza in the second round.[8][9]
On 22 October 2018, Ferro attained a career-high of world No. 100 in theWTA singles rankings and became the 43rd Frenchwoman to break inside the top 100 of those rankings.[2]
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In early February, Ferro was selected for the first time in theFrance Fed Cup team, for theFed Cup World Group quarterfinal againstBelgium. She played only the doubles match (partneringPauline Parmentier), which was adead rubber, of that tie which France won 3–1. She and Parmentier lost their match againstYsaline Bonaventure andKirsten Flipkens in three sets.[10]
In July, Ferro won her first Tour singles title inLausanne, beating defending championAlizé Cornet in the final.[11][12]
On 18 December 2019, Ferro announced on herInstagram account that Emmanuel Planque would henceforth be her new coach. Her two-year player-coach collaboration withStéphane Huet had ended at the end of October 2019.[13]
On 9 August, Ferro won her second WTA Tour title, defeatingAnett Kontaveit in the final of thePalermo Ladies Open.[14] This was the first tournament since the tour had shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.[15]
Ferro reached the fourth round of theFrench Open, her best showing at a Grand Slam tournament in her career thus far, where she was defeated by fourth-seeded and eventual runner-up,Sofia Kenin.[citation needed]
Ferro finished the year in the top 50, at No. 42, for the first time in her career.[citation needed]
Ferro reached the third round of the Australian Open, her best showing at this Grand Slam event in her career so far, where she was defeated by 15th seedIga Świątek. She reached a career-high of No. 39 on 8 March 2021.After that, her season was plagued by injuries, including one in April that forced her to retire from her quarterfinal in Istanbul, and then one (foot) before Roland Garros. She still managed to deliver, despite the loss, a great fight againstJennifer Brady (13th at the time) in the second round though (5–7 in the third set).After a winningless grass-court season, Ferro came back on clay and reached the quarterfinals in Lausanne, beaten byClara Burel. Beaten in the second round of the Olympic Games in Tokyo bySara Sorribes Tormo, Ferro came close to upset Iga Świątek in the second round of the US Open: she was up 6–3, 2–0 but lost 6–3, 6–7, 0–6.
Ferro then reached the semifinals of the ITF tournament of Santa Fe in California, where she retired in the third set against Elvina Kalieva (at 6–4, 4–6, 0–3). During her last two events of the year, she lost against the CanadianFrançoise Abanda in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, and then againstAliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round in Linz, both times in three sets.
Ranked No. 462, Ferro qualified for the main draw of the2023 French Open, having received a wildcard for the qualifying tournament. She lost in the first round toRebecca Peterson.[16]
She qualified for the2024 Australian Open, making her fifth appearance in Melbourne, but went out in the first round toMcCartney Kessler.[17]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results inWTA Tour,Grand Slam tournaments,Billie Jean King Cup,United Cup,Hopman Cup andOlympic Games are included in win–loss records.[18]
Current through the 2023 China Open.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 5–10 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 1R | Q3 | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | 3R | A | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 20 | 11–20 | 35% |
| National representation | ||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | NH | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||
| Billie Jean King Cup[a] | A | A | A | A | A | W | RR[b] | A | 1 / 2 | 0–1 | 0% | |||
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||
| Dubai /Qatar Open[c] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
| Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 4 | Career total: 64 | |||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total:2 | |||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 2 | |||
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 5–8 | 16–17 | 11–4 | 14–20 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1 / 64 | 47–63 | 43% | |
| Win % | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 38% | 48% | 73% | 41% | 20% | 0% | Career total: 43% | |||
| Year-end ranking[d] | 367 | 261 | 235 | 325 | 102 | 63 | 42 | 103 | 417 | 161 | $2,265,274 | |||
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 9 | 3–9 | 27% |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2019 | Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland | International | Clay | Alizé Cornet | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2020 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | International | Clay |  Anett Kontaveit | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2023 | Barranquilla Open, Colombia | Hard |  Tatjana Maria | 1–6, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2014 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay |  Andreea Mitu | 6–4, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2015 | ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany | 25,000 | Clay |  Tena Lukas | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jul 2016 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Tamara Korpatsch | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Nov 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay |  Varvara Gracheva | 4–6, 6–7(1) |
| Win | 1–4 | Feb 2018 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Eléonora Molinaro | 6–4, 6–7(5), 7–6(3) |
| Loss | 1–5 | Feb 2018 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay |  Tamara Zidanšek | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Jun 2018 | ITF Padua, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Liudmila Samsonova | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jun 2018 | Open de Montpellier, France | 25,000 | Clay |  Catalina Pella | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jul 2018 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic | 80,000+H | Clay |  Karolína Muchová | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–5 | Feb 2023 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard |  Cristiana Ferrando | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Apr 2023 | Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay |  Mirra Andreeva | 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–6 | Jun 2023 | Open de Biarritz, France | 60,000 | Clay |  İpek Öz | 7–5, 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2023 | ITF Le Neubourg, France | 80,000 | Hard | Alina Korneeva |  Maryna KolbNadiia Kolb | 7–6(7), 7–5 |
